# Keith Richards discography

Keith Richards is a British recording artist, most famous for his songwriting partnership with Mick Jagger, and their over-sixty-year tenure with their band the Rolling Stones. Richards has recorded and released three studio albums, one live album, one compilation album, and ten singles since 1978.
Richards has primarily worked as a session player and producer outside of the Rolling Stones, having performed on dozens of other artists' records since 1969. He began his solo recording career in 1978 with the single "Run Rudolph Run", before releasing his debut album ten years later.
On his solo albums, Richards' backing band is credited as the X-Pensive Winos, which most prominently features drummer Steve Jordan (who also serves as Richards' co-writer and co-producer), and also includes keyboardist Ivan Neville and guitarist Waddy Wachtel.

## Albums
### Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions :
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Details | UK | AUS | AUT | GER | NLD | SWE | SWI | US |
| Talk Is Cheap | 1988 | 37 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 37 | 12 | 18 | 24 |
| Main Offender | 1992 | 45 | 96 | 22 | 4 | 55 | 43 | 13 | 99 |
| Crosseyed Heart | 2015 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 11 |

### Live and compilation albums

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Notes |
| Title | Year | AUS | AUT | GER | Notes |
| Live at the Hollywood Palladium, December 15, 1988 (with the X-Pensive Winos) | 1991 | 169 | 49 | 30 | Live |
| Vintage Vinos | 2010 | — | — | — | Compilation |

## Singles

| Release date | Title | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Release date | Title | UK Airplay | AUS | MEX Eng. | US Main. Rock | US AAA | Album |
| December 1978 | "Run Rudolph Run" b/w "The Harder They Come" | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| October 1988 | "Take It So Hard" | — | 95 | — | 3 | — | Talk Is Cheap |
| November 1988 | "You Don't Move Me" | — | — | — | 18 | — | Talk Is Cheap |
| February 1989 | "Struggle" | — | — | — | 47 | — | Talk Is Cheap |
| 1989 | "Make No Mistake" | — | 167 | — | — | — | Talk Is Cheap |
| October 1992 | "Wicked as It Seems" | — | 136 | — | 3 | — | Main Offender |
| January 1993 | "Eileen" | — | — | — | 17 | — | Main Offender |
| 1993 | "Hate It When You Leave" | — | 143 | — | — | — | Main Offender |
| December 2007 | "Run Rudolph Run" b/w "Pressure Drop" | — | — | 68 | — | — | re-issue A-side with non-album B-side |
| August 2015 | "Trouble" | 64 | — | 49 | — | 20 | Crosseyed Heart |
| November 2015 | "Heartstopper" | — | — | 46 | — | — | Crosseyed Heart |
| March 2024 | "I'm Waiting for the Man" | — | — | — | — | — | The Power of the Heart: A Tribute to Lou Reed |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart ||||||||

### Other appearances

| Year | Song | Album | Notes |
| 1985 | "Silver & Gold" | Sun City | with Bono and Ronnie Wood |
| 2001 | "You Win Again" | Timeless | Hank Williams cover |
| 2005 | "Hurricane" | N/A | charity single, originally credited to the Rolling Stones |
| 2021 | "Like a Locomotive" | Party for Joey: Sweet Relief Tribute to Joey Spampinato | with Ben Harper |

## Guest appearances
### Studio

| Year | Artist | Release | Role |
| 1969 | Billy Preston | That's the Way God Planned It | bass |
| 1974 | Ronnie Wood | I've Got My Own Album to Do | writing, guitar, vocals, piano |
| 1975 | Ronnie Wood | Now Look | guitar and backing vocals |
| 1978 | Peter Tosh | Bush Doctor | guitar and production |
| 1979 | Ronnie Wood | Gimme Some Neck | backing vocals and guitar |
| 1979 | Ian McLagan | Troublemaker | guitar and backing vocals on "Truly" |
| 1981 | Max Romeo | Holding Out My Love for You | guitar and mixing |
| 1985 | Tom Waits | Rain Dogs | guitar and backing vocals |
| 1985 | Phantom, Rocker & Slick | Phantom, Rocker and Slick | guitar on "My Mistake" |
| 1986 | Aretha Franklin | Aretha | guitar and production on "Jumpin' Jack Flash" |
| 1987 | Nona Hendryx | The Heat | guitar on "Rock This House" |
| 1987 | The Neville Brothers | Uptown | guitar |
| 1988 | Feargal Sharkey | Wish | guitar on "More Love" |
| 1988 | Ziggy Marley | Conscious Party | guitar on "Lee & Molly" |
| 1988 | The Dirty Strangers | The Dirty Strangers | guitar |
| 1990 | Bernie Worrell | Funk of Ages | guitar |
| 1991 | Johnnie Johnson | Johnnie B. Bad | guitar, vocals, writing, production |
| 1991 | John Lee Hooker | Mr. Lucky | guitar and backing vocals |
| 1992 | Tom Waits | Bone Machine | guitar, vocals, and writing on "That Feel" |
| 1992 | Hal Willner | Weird Nightmare: Meditations on Mingus | vocals, guitar on "Oh Lord, Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb on Me" |
| 1994 | Bobby Womack | Resurrection | guitar |
| 1994 | George Jones | The Bradley Barn Sessions | guitar and vocals on "Say It's Not You" |
| 1994 | Marianne Faithfull | A Collection | guitar and production on "Ghost Dance" |
| 1995 | The Chieftains | Long Black Veil | guitar on "The Rocky Road to Dublin" |
| 1995 | Ivan Neville | Thanks | guitar |
| 1996 | Bo Diddley | A Man Amongst Men | guitar on "Bo Diddley Is Crazy" |
| 1997 | Scotty Moore | All the King's Men | guitar and vocals on "Deuce and a Quarter" |
| 1997 | Wingless Angels | Wingless Angels | guitar, backing vocals, production |
| 1997 | B.B. King | Deuces Wild | guitar on "Paying the Cost to Be the Boss" |
| 1999 | The Jimmy Rogers All-Stars | Blues Blues Blues | guitar |
| 2000 | Charlie Watts & Jim Keltner | Charlie Watts/Jim Keltner Project | guitar on "The Elvin Suite" |
| 2001 | John Phillips | Pay Pack & Follow | guitar, backing vocals, production |
| 2002 | Peter Wolf | Sleepless | guitar and vocals on "Too Close Together" |
| 2004 | Ivan Neville | Scrape | guitar |
| 2004 | Toots & the Maytals | True Love | guitar and vocals on "Careless Ethiopians" |
| 2005 | Les Paul & Friends | American Made World Played | guitar on "Good Morning Little Girl" |
| 2005 | Buddy Guy | Bring 'Em In | guitar on "The Price You Gotta Pay" |
| 2005 | Hubert Sumlin | About Them Shoes | guitar and vocals |
| 2006 | Ronnie Spector | Last of the Rock Stars | guitar and vocals |
| 2006 | Jerry Lee Lewis | Last Man Standing | guitar and vocals on "That Kind of Fool" |
| 2008 | Lee "Scratch" Perry | Scratch Came Scratch Saw Scratch Conquered | guitar |
| 2008 | Marianne Faithfull | Easy Come, Easy Go | guitar and harmony vocals on "Sing Me Back Home" |
| 2009 | The Dirty Strangers | West 12 to Wittering | piano and writing |
| 2011 | Ben Waters | Boogie 4 Stu: A Tribute to Ian Stewart | guitar and vocals |
| 2011 | Tom Waits | Bad as Me | guitar and vocals |
| 2012 | Lou Pallo | Thank You Les | guitar and vocals on "It's Been a Long, Long Time" |
| 2012 | K'naan | "Sleep When I Die" | guitar, bonus track from Country, God or the Girl |
| 2018 | Buddy Guy | The Blues Is Alive and Well | guitar on "Cognac" |
| 2019 | Sheryl Crow | Threads | guitar on "The Worst" |

### Live

| Year | Artist | Release | Role |
| 1999 | Sheryl Crow | Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live from Central Park | guitar and vocals on "Happy" |
| 2000 | Faces | The Faces' Final Concert | guitar |
| 2002 | Willie Nelson & Friends | Stars & Guitars | guitar and vocals on "Dead Flowers" |
| 2004 | Willie Nelson & Friends | Outlaws and Angels | guitar and vocals |
| 2007 | Ronnie Wood & Friends | The First Barbarians: Live From Kilburn | guitar, keyboards, vocals |

### Outtakes

* Screamin' Jay Hawkins – Portrait of a Man: A History of Screamin' Jay Hawkins (1995) – guitar on "I Put a Spell on You" and "Armpit #6"
* Alexis Korner – Musically Rich...and Famous: Anthology 1967–1982 (2003) – guitar on "Get Off of My Cloud" (recorded 1974 or 1975)
* George Jones – Burn Your Playhouse Down – The Unreleased Duets (2008) – lead vocals on "Burn Your Playhouse Down" (recorded in 1994)